England international Carrick said: ‘We’ve got a job to do and the manager said that we need to take it game to game and just win the next game if we can. You can’t look too far ahead because it can come back and bite you.

‘We’ve got the experience and obviously the boss sets the tone. Against QPR it was just about that game, getting the result and moving onto the next one.’

Manchester United’s da Silva celebrates scoring against Queens Park Rangers during their English Premier League soccer match in London